Securing device for wrist-watches.



F. S. ELLIS. SECURING DEVICE fOR WRIST WATCHES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE28,1916.

L w fififiu Patented May 29,1917.

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FRED S. ELLIS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW "YORK, ASSIGNOB T0 DUBOIS WATCH CASEGOM- PANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SECURING DEVICE FOR WRIST-WATCHES.

Application filed June 28, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED S. ELLIS, a citizen of the United States, andresiding in the borough of Brooklyn of the city of New York, county ofKings, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Securing Devices for VVrist-VVa-tches, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates particularly to devices by which straps orribbons are connected to watches which may be worn either aswrist-watches or in other ways, and particularly to watches providedwith disappearing eyes opposite the bows. A convertible watch, as such awatch is called, if provided with an eye opposite the bow or oppositeanother similar eye, whether the same is disappearing or not, may havethe eye engaged directly by a chain or expansion link bracelet, but ifthe watch is to be worn on a strap or ribbon a metal fastening devicemust be interposed between the strap or ribbon and the watch. The objectof this invention is to provide an improved securing device or fasteningdevice for such a pur pose as that just referred to, which shall be morepleasing in appearance than the devices sometimes employed and shallalso be more convenient in application and equally secure. The improveddevice comprises a narrow block or bar which is adapted to receive theprojecting eye of the watch, is provided with means, easily releasable,for engaging the eye, may be fitted snugly to the body of the watch, andis adapted to be engaged directly by the strap or ribbon. The inventionwill be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to theaccompanying drawing in which it is illustrated and in which- Figure 1is a view in perspective of a watch with a wrist-strap and connectingdevices which embody the invention.

Fig. 2 is a partial front view of a watch, with one of the connectingdevices, on a larger scale.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of the connecting device shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the connecting device.

Fig. 5 is a partial edge view of the watch Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented May 29, Mitt.

Serial No. 106,331.

with the connecting device in section on the plane indicated by the line55 of Fig. 2.

The wristlet or band on which the watch is to be carried, may be ofleather, ribbon or other suitable material and of any suitablecharacter. lt is shown in Fig. 1 as having two parts (Z and 6 connectedby an ordinary buckle 7. Each part is looped, at the end neXt the watch,about a bar which forms a part of the corresponding connecting device gor it. The watch a is shown as provided with the usual winding andsetting crown 7) and as provided also with eyes 0 and c which may be ofthe disappearing type, each adapted, however, to project from thewatch-case, substantially as shown in Fig. 5. As the two securingdevices 9 and h, shown in Fig. 1, are identical in construction adescription of one will suffice for both. The securing device itcomprises a narrow block or bar h which is preferably curved 011 oneface, as if, lengthwise, on the same radius as the watch-case, so as toconform substantially thereto, and is also dished on the same face, asindicated at 71. so. as to rest at the edges against the watch-case. Theblock 72 is also provided centrally with a recess or opening h of a sizesuitable to receive the projecting eye 0 A latch 7?, preferablyconstructed as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, is adapted to engage the eye 0when it has been introduced in the recess or opening it and prevent itswithdrawal. As shown, the latch is pivoted in the block h, as at h, isprovided with a stud h to pass through a hole 7L8 in the block andthrough the aperture of the eye 0 and with a friction pin k to enter afriction hole k in the block and prevent accidental movement of thelatch. The block is also provided with a bail '5, preferably pivoted, asat i, about which the strap or ribbon may be looped.

In the use of the device, the eye 0 being extended and the latch itsbeing open, the block it is applied to the watch, the eye 0 entering therecess or opening h then the latch k is pressed down, causing the studh" to enter the aperture of the eye 0 and thereby lock the securingdevice to the watch. It will be observed that if the block is properlyfitted the device will be rigid with respect to the watch and willappear to be in efl'ect a portion of the watch-case.

It will be understood that various changes in details of form andconstruction may be made to suit different watches and difi'erentdesigns of the supporting devices.

I claim as my invention:

1. A securing device for securing a wristlet to a watch which has anextended eye, comprising a block adapted for engagement with thewristlet and having a recess or opening to receive the extended eye ofthe watch, and means carried by the block to engage the eye and retainthe block in fixed relation with the watch;

2. A securing device for securing a wristlet to a watch which has anextended eye, comprising a block adapted for engagement with thewristlet and having a recess or opening to receive the extended eye ofthe watch and a latch carried by the block and adapted to enter the eyeand retain the block in fixed relation with the watch.

8. A securing device for securing a wrist let to a watch which has anextended eye, comprising a block having a recess or opening to receivethe extended eye of the watch, means carried by the block to engage theeye and retain the block in fixed relation with the watch, and a bailcarried by the block for engagement with the wristlet.

4. A securing device for securing a wristlet to a watch which has anextended eye,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents comprising a blockformed on one face to fit against the watch and having a recess oropening to receive the extended eye of the watch, and means carried bythe block to engage the eye and retain the block in fixed relation withthe watch;

5. A securing device for securing a wristlet to a watch which has anextended eye, comprising a block adapted for engagement with thewristlet and having a recess or opening adapted to receive the extendedeye of the watch, and a transverse opening through the walls of therecess, and a latch pivoted on the blockand having a stud to enter thetransverse opening and the eye of the watch.

6. A securing device for securing a wristlet to a watch which has anextended eye, comprising a block adapted for engagement with thewristlet and having a recess or opening adapted to receive the extendedeye of the watch, and a transverse opening through the walls of therecess, and a latch pivoted on the block and having a stud to enter thetransverse opening and the eye of the watch, said latch havingfrictional engagement with the block to prevent accidental movementthereof.

This specification signed this 26th day of June, A. D. 1916.

FRED S. ELLIS.

each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). C.

